With the news that Republican state Representative Steve Smith is again trying to get the public to cut a quarter-million-dollar check to ousted Senate President Russell Pearce, we took a look at all the bills Smith's sponsoring this session.

Regardless of anyone's political party -- unless the loony ward at the Arizona State Hospital has a recognized political party -- it's pretty clear that Smith's wasting the time and sanity of the public and his fellow legislators.

Below, find some of the more-objectionable content that Smith's sponsoring. Many of them are also sponsored by a few other legislators, so when you're done getting through the list (and if you pray to some sort of god), say a prayer for the future of humanity.

, this bill would create a primary election in the case of a recall election. This bill, which Smith also proposed last year, was a response to Pearce losing the recall election in Legislative District 18, as all of the district's voters got to choose between Pearce and a fellow Republican.

For the second time, Smith is trying to get "reimbursement" for Pearce for his recall-campaign expenses, which was around $260,000 for Pearce. This one isn't exactly for future losers, either, as this proposal "applies retroactively to expenses incurred for a recall election held in November, 2011." That's Pearce, obviously.

This one proposes that any state government "publication, document, or material, other than voting material" in a language other than English may "only" be posted on the Internet. One copy may be printed out by that agency, and kept in its office.

Under current Arizona law, there must be time set aside every day for public school students from elementary school to high school to pledge their allegiance to the flag of the United States of America -- "for those students who wish." As we've pointed in recent days, Smith and other legislators are proposing that students need permission from their parents to stop doing saying the pledge, and taking the "students who wish" part off the books.

This bit of total genius calls for a felony conviction and possible prison time for any federal "official, agent, or employee" to "enforce or attempt to enforce any act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United States government" related to guns in Arizona. Additionally, the bill proposes that some new federal gun regulations are "unenforceable" in Arizona.

Under this bill, if anyone receiving medical treatment at a hospital can't provide their health insurance information, someone at the hospital "must reasonably confirm" that the person's in the United States legally. If not, immigration authorities must be called "immediately."

HB 2993 is a fantastic bill. Because hospitals are required to report
sexual abuse they should also be required to report illegal aliens.
Because illegal aliens generally have no money, their visiting hospitals
is at the taxpayers expense so we should have a right to know. Right
on!!!!

So, The Militia act was signed in 1792 (the same year the 2nd amendment was approved). Seems the militia (the real one as defined in the Militia Act) should be called up to remove the seditionists in the AZ Legislature. Starting with Seel and Smith.

I want to see them doing the perp walk at Tent city, and spend time in a federal prison, with a horny Bubba!

Also please don't forget that HB2993, the bill that turns hospitals into immigration checkpoints excludes "Canadian citizens" from being subjected to calls to ICE if they show up for treatment without their papers. Gee Smith, racist much?

@mikefrombisbee Actually, just when you thought our President couldn't get any stupider he proved he can. I'm talking about his version of the DREAM Act which has got to be the most stupidest legislation of all time.

@JoeArpaioFan@mikefrombisbee So do you wash your hands after taking a dump while on the job at Burger King? Talking shit as you customarily do won't harm customers, but getting fecal material on their french fries after you go potty will. Thanks for once more demonstrating to all who read these forums that you obsess but cannot think. It is quite apparent that you enjoy talking shit with a keyboard but lack the courage to act upon your fantasies. I have invited you down here to the border to meet some of the people you have threatened to do harm to, but you have never had the stones to take me up on it. That would make you a shit-talking keyboard coward. I see that Rep. Steve Smith has been characterized here as a cockroach. You would fit the profile more of a fly - a filthy pest that eats shit and bothers people.